و قال المؤمنون...

و قال المؤمنون: إن سليمان هو عبد الله و نبيه، يدبر الله أمره بما شاء And the Momineen said: ‘Surely, Suleyman -as is a servant of Allah -azwj and is His -azwj Prophet -as . Allah -azwj Regulates the affairs with whatsoever He -azwj Desires to’. فلما اختلفوا بعث الله عز و جل الأرضة فدبت في عصا سليمان، فلما أكلت جوفها انكسرت العصا، و خر سليمان من قصره على وجهه، فشكرت الجن الأرضة على صنيعها، فلأجل ذلك لا توجد الأرضة في مكان إلا و عندها ماء و طين Whilst they were differing.

Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent the woodworm which gnawed away at his -as staff. When it had eaten its middle, the staff broke, and Suleyman -as fell from his -as castle upon his -as face. So, the Jinn wanted to thank the woodworm upon what it had done. They hurried to it for that, but did not find the woodworm in any place except that there was water and clay.

So when he fell down, it was clear to the Jinn that had they known the unseen, they would not have remained in the abasing torment [34:14] ’.

ثم قال الصادق (عليه السلام): «و ما نزلت هذه الآية هكذا، و إنما نزلت: فلما خر تبينت الإنس أن الجن لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهين Then Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘And this Verse was not Revealed like this, but rather it was Revealed as: So when he fell, it was evident to the humans, if the Jinn had known the unseen, they would not have remained in abasing torment [34:14] .